Benediction
21BÉNÉDICTION — n. f. Action de bénir, de consacrer au culte, au service divin avec certaines cérémonies. La bénédiction d’une église, d’une chapelle, des fonts baptismaux, d’un cimetière, etc. La bénédiction du pain, de l’eau, d’un cierge, etc. Il désigne aussi …
22benediction — /ben i dik sheuhn/, n. 1. an utterance of good wishes. 2. the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service. 3. a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells …
23benediction — [[t]be̱nɪdɪ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] benedictions 1) N VAR A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer. [FORMAL] The minister pronounced the benediction... The Pope s hands were raised in benediction. Syn: blessing 2) N VAR You can refer to something that… …
24benediction — n. 1) to give, offer, pronounce the benediction 2) to pronounce a benediction over * * * [ˌbenɪ dɪkʃ(ə)n] offer pronounce the benediction to give to pronounce a benediction over | …
25Benediction — A Blessing, such as that given at the end of the Communion Office and in the Marriage Service. It is also the act of setting apart for sacred use that which is to be used in the services of the Church. Reverential instinct teaches that it… …
26benediction — noun 1) the priest pronounced the benediction Syn: blessing, prayer, invocation; grace, benedicite 2) filled with heavenly benediction Syn: blessedness, beatitude, bliss, grace …
27benediction — UK [ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌbenəˈdɪkʃən] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms benediction : singular benediction plural benedictions a Christian prayer that asks God to bless someone …
28benediction — noun Etymology: Middle English benediccioun, from Late Latin benediction , benedictio, from benedicere to bless, from Latin, to speak well of, from bene well (akin to Latin bonus good) + dicere to say more at bounty, diction Date: 15th century 1 …
29Benediction — a Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament. → benediction …
30benediction — noun the utterance or bestowing of a blessing. ↘(Benediction) a Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament. ↘the state of being blessed. Derivatives benedictory adjective Origin ME: via OFr. from L. benedictio(n ),… …
